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The Trump administration is reportedly in talks about taking a stake in OpenAI – Engadget
Details for a potential deal haven’t been finalized yet.
OpenAI could be the latest tech company that the US government takes a stake in. As first reported by NOTUS, “senior US officials” have had discussions with AI companies about potentially acquiring stakes in their firms.CNBCconfirmed the talks and its source said that the talks between the Trump administration andOpenAI’s Sam Altman dated back to 2025 when the CEO first proposed the idea.
The discussions have led to a potential agreement that could see OpenAI voluntarily offer some equity to the US government, which would help the company achieve something similar to its proposed “Public Wealth Fund.” OpenAI first suggested this fund in an industrial policy outline published in ril, which would”provide every citizen with a stake in AI-driven economic growth.” However, no official terms have been settled yet for this potential deal so it’s still unknown how much of an equity stake the Trump administration would take. Previously, the US government secured a 10 percent stake in Intel with a nearly $9 billion investment.
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US states are reportedly planning to sue to block Paramounts Warner Bros. takeover – Engadget
California’s attorney general Rob Bonta launched a probe into the deal shortly after it was announced.
Amid widespread opposition to Paramount’s $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros., multiple US states are reportedly working together to fight the merger. According to a report, California and New York are among states preparing a lawsuit to block the deal.
The deal has faced scrutiny since it was announced back in February, when Paramount officially beat out Netflix in its attempt to buy Warner Bros. following multiple bids. California Attorney General Rob Bonta in particular has voiced concerns about the potential consequences, saying in a statement at the time, “Further consolidation in markets that are central to American economic life does not serve our economy, consumers, or competition well. In fact, consolidation of markets has led to increased unaffordability, a loss of good-paying job opportunities, and fewer choices for consumers.” Bonta added that the deal “must receive a full and robust review,” and said the state is “committed to fighting market consolidation that we find unlawful.”
We don’t know yet what other states are involved in the lawsuit alongside California and New York. But according to ‘ source, the suit is expected to be filed within the coming weeks.
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Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for June 7, #826
Looking for the most recent Strands answer?Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.
Today’s NYTStrandspuzzle rounds up a group of creatures that some people keep as pets. (Well, not all of them make great pets…) Some of the answers are difficult to unscramble, so if you need hints and answers, read on.
I go into depth about therules for Strands in this story.
If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword answers, you can visitCNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.
Read more:NYT Connections Turns 1: These Are the 5 Toughest Puzzles So Far
Hint for today’s Strands puzzle
Today’s Strands theme is:Herpetology 101
If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: Reptile time.
Clue words to unlock in-game hints
Your goal is to find hidden words that fit the puzzle’s theme. If you’re stuck, find any words you can. Every time you find three words of four letters or more, Strands will reveal one of the theme words. These are the words I used to get those hints but any words of four or more letters that you find will work:
- GOLF, COLD, LOBE, BELL, COME, MANE, REED, LORE, LAKE, FLAKE, BULL
Answers for today’s Strands puzzle
These are the answers that tie into the theme. The goal of the puzzle is to find them all, including the spangram, a theme word that reaches from one side of the puzzle to the other. When you have all of them (I originally thought there were always eight but learned that the number can vary), every letter on the board will be used. Here are the nonspangram answers:
- SNAKE, TURTLE, BULLFROG, CHAMELEON, CROCODILE
Today’s Strands spangram
The completed NYT Strands puzzle for June 7, 2026.
Today’s Strands spangram is COLDBLOODED. To find it, start with the C that is three letters to the right on the top row, and wind down, forming a 7.
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Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for June 7, #622
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Today’sConnections: Sports Editioncovers a diverse variety of topics, so let’s hope you know something about a number of different sports. If you’re struggling with the puzzle but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers.
Connections: Sports Edition is published by The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by The Times. It doesn’t pear in the NYT Games p, but it does in The Athletic’s own p. Or you can play it for free online.
Read more:NYT Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle Comes Out of Beta
Hints for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups
Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: Run and get the ball.
Green group hint: Hoops stars.
Blue group hint: Tennis champs.
Purple group hint: Think Richard Nixon.
Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups
Yellow group: Football receiving routes.
Green group: First names of Hall of Fame centers.
Blue group: French Open men’s singles winners.
Purple group: ____ gate.
Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words
What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?
The completed NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for June 7, 2026.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is football receiving routes. The four answers are curl, drag, fade and out.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is first names of Hall of Fame centers. The four answers are Bill, Hakeem, Kareem and Wilt.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is French Open men’s singles winners. The four answers are Borg, Courier, Laver and Nadal.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is ____ gate. The four answers are bounty, deflate, spy and tail.
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Google will pay SpaceX $920 million a month to use xAIs data centers – Engadget
The company needs extra computing power for Gemini Enterprise.
Google has just signed a $30 billion AI deal with SpaceX, which owns Elon Musk’s xAI. According to a SpaceX filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, it will receive$920 million a month from Google in exchange for computing power from xAI’s data centers, starting inOctober this year untilJune 2029.
The agreement will give Google access to 110,000 NVIDIA GPUs, as well as CPUs and memory. SpaceX wrote that if it fails to deliver access to that number of GPUS bySeptember this year, Google could either terminate their deal immediately or accept the number of GPUs provided at a reduced payment rate after a one-month grace period.
Since Google has its own global network of data centers and continues to build more, you may be wondering why it has to pay SpaceX for more computing power. Well, a Google Cloud spokesperson told CNBC and The New York Times that this is but “a short-term, timely agreement” to ensure that the company has “bridge cacity to meeting the surging demand” for Gemini Enterprise, its AI subscription for large businesses.
Google isn’t its only competitor in the AI space that SpaceX is selling computing power to. The Musk-owned company also has a contract with Anthropic, giving the latter access to xAI’s Colossus 1 data center. According to the documents SpaceX filed for its Initial Public Offering, Anthropic will pay it $1.25 billion a month through May 2029. SpaceX is expected to go public on June 12 and to raise enough money to make it the biggest IPO in history.
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EAs Star Wars Zero Company drops August 27 – Engadget
Its new gameplay trailer gives us a glimpse of Anakin Skywalker.
The developers behind Star Wars Zero Company has revealed the official gameplay trailer for the titleat Summer Game Fest 2026. They have also revealed that the game will be available on thePC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S starting on August 27.StarWars Zero Company was announced in 2022 as one of the games being co-developed by Respawn Entertainment, the studio behind Jedi: Fallen Order and Jedi: Survivor.
Respawn developed the game with a new studio calledBit Reactor, with EA as the publisher. The studioincludes former Firaxis Games employees and was also founded byGreg Foertsch, the senior art director onXCOM: Enemy Unknown and XCOM 2. That’s why it wasn’t a huge surprise that Star Wars Zero Company showed similarities to XCOM in its announcement trailer in ril.
“Our team has poured everything we love about Star Wars into Zero Company,” said Foertsch. “We’ve worked hand-in-hand with Lucasfilm Games to create an authentic Star Wars story packed with unique new characters, robust character customization, a new ship, Separatist Droids, and much more, all rooted in the conflict of the Clone Wars.”
The game’s story is set in the “twilight of the Clone Wars” and revolves around former Republic officer Hawks. As Hawks, you’ll have to recruit allies across the galaxy and across species to put a team together and huntKundri Fathom,the leader of a Dark Side cult that poses a threat to the entire galaxy. The “Den” will be your base of operations, from which you’ll form teams and dispatch groups of your friends, called Operators, to different locations in the m. And because of the game’s setting, you’ll encounter Anakin Skywalker, a Jedi General at that point in time, who’s also on an important mission.
You can now preorderStar Wars Zero Company for $70 in Standard Edition for the PC, the PS5 andXbox Series X|S. A Deluxe edition that unlocks cosmetic packs, five painted weon themes and the Crystalline Astromech Cosmetic Pack, which includes an R3 droid is also available.
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